4/23/13

I Did A Kinda Bad Thing

Last week I met up with a friend at the mall with my cute little dude. Those two hours were so good for my soul. While I fed my face some delicious Chick-Fil-A, we talked about everything from our-sometimes-scruffy-faced-husbands to parenting, from summer picnics to our insecurities as girls. We also took time to pop into our favorite stores as I pushed Emmett in his carsea,t in a Target cart no less, all through the mall. It was like I was some kinda classy parade float freak. #palmtoface

But as I was leaving the mall, that I did a bad thing. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to park in a spot in any random assortment of shopping establishments and I have been incredibly irked at the person who left their cart anywhere but the cart corral. In three seconds flat, I morphed into That Person. I was in such a rush to get my over-shopped-baby *see below* into strapped in and said cart corral was so far from where I was parked. I sheepishly pushed it to the side, jumped in my car and drove off.

While I'm embarrassed of my deed, it got me thinking. How many times do I get irked at people all around me, not fully understanding the thought behind their actions?! How many times do I judge before I know the whole story? How many times do I get frustrated inside, instead of responding first with grace??

More patience. More understanding. More grace.
This is my constant battle I fight. Maybe someday, as I work on it little by little, I will choose graciousness first. And maybe I will also never ever abandon an oversized, red cart where someone else will park.

8 comments:

You look amazing! Little guy is sooo cute. :) :)Now that I have kids, I actually like it when people leave carts in the parking lot....it's just so much easier to park by a cart, load the kids, and then push the cart in the store! I have to believe that other people think the same as me, so it makes me feel less bad for leaving a cart randomly in the parking lot. :) :)

Wow! I must have a shrimp nugget baby. She's 8 months and just now hitting 16 pounds! I totally understand though. Never again will I judge a mother for not being able to get her screaming kid to be quiet. Things happen. Kids are super awesome and fun , but hard too sometimes :)

Think of it this way.......leaving your shopping cart in the parking lot is giving people like me (sans "littles" & "itty-bitties") the opportunity to move it, which I often do. Love your blog......it's like a breath of fresh air. You are definitely "salt & light" in this world!

Oh he is so beautiful! Or er... handsome! :) I totally get what you're saying about the shopping cart, i do the same thing! It definitely a good lesson. You little guy is like my boys - they were huge!! So so cute!